South Carolina will host NCAA baseball regional

Sunday

May 25, 2014 at 10:31 PM

South Carolina was selected as one of the 16 regional host sites for the NCAA Baseball Championship on Sunday night.

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South Carolina was selected as one of the 16 regional host sites for the NCAA Baseball Championship on Sunday night.This will be the 30th appearance in the NCAA tournament for South Carolina (42-16), which won back-to-back national championships in 2010 and 2011.“We are ecstatic to be hosting a regional at Carolina Stadium for the fifth straight year,” head coach Chad Holbrook said. “I'm very proud of our players, coaches and staff and the work they have put forward to be in this position. We know Gamecock Nation will be ready to go and we are excited to be playing at home.”USC is 58-8 at home in NCAA regional and super regional games, and boasts a 27-game winning streak in such games.More information on the 64-team NCAA field, as well as the schools that will be heading to Columbia, will be announced at noon Monday on ESPNU.A limited number of regional booklets are available to the general public. A booklet includes tickets for all games in the regional, which will be held Friday through Monday, June 2. Booklets are $84 and are sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. Fans purchasing the booklet will secure their actual seat locations at the time of the purchase. Single-game tickets ($15) will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday.To purchase tickets, visit www.GamecocksOnline.com/tickets, or call 803-777-4274 or 800-4SC-FANS (800-472-3267).